fill
noun
- material that has accumulated or has been deposited into a cut feature
- short musical passage, riff, or rhythmic sound
verb
- to take up space in a container
- to repair a tooth cavity
- to fulfill
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /fɪl/ / [ˈfɪɫ] / /fɪʊ̯/
name
Etymology: From a medieval diminutive of the given name Philip.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
noun
Etymology: See thill.
- One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.
“It was a challenge to learn to harness him, guide him slowly back between the fills of the carriage, then to fasten the right buckles and snaps, making the harness and buggy all ready for travel to church or to town.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)
- To make full
“She filled a glass with milk.”
“dreams filled with surreal imagery”
- To make full
“The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.”
“In the evening of the 14th of July, there was a rainfall of 3 or 3½ inches in that locality. The water filled the ditch so full that it overflowed the levees on both sides in many places […] .”
- To make full
“The smell of spring filled the air.”
“[…]the drums began to thunder, the sound of trumpets filled the air, the earth trembled beneath their feet, and the hearts of the gazing multitude throbbed with suspense and expectation[…]”
- To become full.
“The bucket filled with rain”
“The room filled with thick smoke.”
- To become full.
“My heart filled with joy.”
- To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
“The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin.”
“We can't let the library close! It fills a great need in the community.”
- To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
“The board of supervisors called a specal election to fill the office, and at such special election Henry C. Andrews was elected judge of probate to fill out the said term.”
“Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled.”
- To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
“Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam.”
“Be that as it may, had the disturbance continued after our having filled the molar, and presuming that nothing had been done to the bicuspid, we might have been still as far as ever from knowing where the trouble lay.”
- To block, obstruct
“The drains were filled with gunk and no water could flow off.”
- To supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
“Are all the children filled and ready for bed?”
“Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?”
- To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
- To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
“Did you fill that girl last night?”
- To ejaculate inside someone or something.